La Crosse penalty kill dominates in 6-4 defeat of Breezy Point

Feb 28, 2016

La Crosse were led by Noah Hallbeck, who finished with one goal. Hallbeck scored in the third period to make the score 5-4 La Crosse. Ben Henderson provided the assist.

team\’s forwards weren\’t the only contributers offensively, and the team\’s defensemen showcased their scoring touch with three goals.La Crosse excelled on the penalty kill, only allowing Breezy Point to get one power play goal on 11 chances.La Crosse were ineffective while on the power play, as they were held to one goal off of 14 man advantages.Breezy Point were unable to stop La Crosse from sending pucks towards the net, and La Crosse eventually piled up 31 shots on goal.

Others who scored for La Crosse included Kadin Machusak, Jared Bromberg, Matt Wolter, Taylor Trapp, and Daniel Toycen, who scored one each. More assists for La Crosse came via Henderson, who had three, Sam Wenner, who had two, and Hunter Breza, Mick Nisbet, Brady Thiering, Toon De Schepper, Hunter Dolan, and JP Eykyn, who contributed one apiece.

La Crosse were unable to stop Breezy Point from sending pucks towards the net, and Breezy Point eventually piled up 39 shots on goal.

Breezy Point were helped by Austin Langworthy, who grabbed two goals.Langworthy scored the first of his two goals short handed at 19:01 into the first period to make the score 3-1 La Crosse. Tyler Larwood picked up the assist. Langworthy\’s next tally short handed made the score 3-3 in the second period. Billy Nichol assisted on the tally.Breezy Point also got points from Nick Blanchette, who also registered one goal and one assist and Larwood, who also registered one goal and one assist. Langworthy also scored for Breezy Point. In addition, Breezy Point received assists from Seyia Hayata, Nichol, Christian Lenzmeier, and Jake Tomkowiak, who each chipped in one.

La Crosse ended with 47 minutes in penalty time with six minors and one major. La Crosse ran into serious disciplinary problems during the contest, and Patrick Gazich was ejected from the game. Breezy Point ended with 47 minutes in penalty time with 11 minors and one major. For Breezy Point, Ryan Mezera was ejected from the game.